Up Guards And At 'Em

NZ Truth, Issue 1196, 1 November 1928, Page 6

Up Guards And At 'Em

DERHAPS for his sins m a pre- ' vious existence the thoughtful elector is again undergoing the wet bandage punishment of having to get his head down to the policy speeches of opposing political leaders.

■ And this same thoughtful . elector is well advised to do some hard thinking and to examine those speeches on their merits and demerits, apart altogether from considerations of party.

"N.Z. Truth" is m no sense a party organ. It supports or condemns any party or Government m the great public interest and that alone. It is most definitely, not a newspaper house built on the shifting sands of petty party expediency, as are its contemporaries almost without exception. Which, then, is the right political turning to be taken m -the National sense? On the • stated policies that of Gordon Coates impresses by comparison with the preservation of. course, that the conventional policy speech is wearily regarded as poor fiction at the best of times,. Coates has appealed for continued support on a wide platform, which summed up, practically means that he proposes to conduct New Zealand affairs on conservative and unspectacular ! business lines. I Harry Holland on- behalf of Labor makes the point, m opposition, that a nations soul and individuality may be submerged m such an administration., louseph Ward cannot shake off old habits, . and his trifling loan proposal of £70,000,000 smells like decayed lavender. ' Although the battle is just beginning there seems at the moment no alternative to Coates aiid Reform.